I Skied the Beav

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Oct 9 2013

Beaver Mountain,located
just east of Northern Utah's Cache Valley, is one of those resorts that
you grow up skiing at and when you return years later you're stoked as
ever to spin the same rustic lifts and see the same friendly faces.

Touted at "Utah's Best Kept Skiing Secret" it's I had never before
made the trip up north so this past Saturday I hopped in my Subaru and
headed out.

Living near Park City I opted for the quieter drive out I-84 to
Evanston and then north to Bear Lake. The option if you're living or
staying in Salt Lake or Ogden is to drive north on I-15, exit at
Brigham City and drive north to Logan after which you head east into
Logan Canyon for about 25 miles.

From Kamas it was about 2 hours and 15 minutes to the resort with mostly clear roads. From Salt Lake the drive time is similar.

When pulling into Beaver Mountain's parking lot (aside from Marge's
Triple which was installed in 2002) what you see is what you
get....mostly. If you're like me and you came from the Bear Lake
direction the eye candy that is Beaver Mountain's backside was not
visible approaching the resort. Most of the locals and former locals I
spoke with couldn't go one or two sentences about Beaver without
mentioning the backside. So that's where I headed first.

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While the locals I spoke with on Saturday said that it was "crowded"
the untracked lines all the way up until 4pm on the backside didn't
lend any credibility to their statement. I think they were trying to
steer me away.

From the top of Harry's Dream or The Face lifts you can access the
backside which is littered with pillow drops, cliffs, open glades and
fun ridges that lead to a traverse that if crossed will mean you're
thumbing your way back to the resort. I'd suggest avalanche gear and
knowledge if you're looking to head down to the road.

After a couple of laps on the backside I hit a few runs off the Face
lift and Harry's Dream. I didn't have to look far for more untracked
powder. The sides of the runs and the trees must be off limits to the
predominantly family heavy ski population at Beaver because I pillaged
the plundered with ease. The same thing happened on Marge's Triple,
more powder just a stones throw from the many tracks that were the
established runs.

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I'll definitely head back to Beaver Mountain, particularly if it's a
mid-week powder day where I'm sure "crowded" means more than a couple
dozen cars in the parking lot. Don't expect any valet or ski check at
Beaver - its pure powder and "REAL" skiing the way it used to be and in
some ways always should.

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